Solar System PreAssessment 2024-25

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Why is Mars known as the Red Planet?

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Because of the iron oxide on its surface.

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What are the major moons of Saturn?

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Titan, Enceladus, Mimas, Tethys.

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Who discovered Uranus?

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William Herschel.

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What is the part of the Sun that we see called?

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The photosphere.

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What is the only spacecraft to do a flyby of Uranus?

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Voyager 2.

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What is the largest planet in our solar system?

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Jupiter.

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What is the main component of the Sun?

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Hydrogen.

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What is the asteroid belt?

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A region of space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found.

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What is the Kuiper Belt?

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A region of the solar system beyond Neptune, populated with small icy bodies.

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What is a comet?

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A small celestial body made of ice and dust that, when close to the Sun, displays a visible atmosphere and sometimes a tail.